A security guard told a jury how he saw four teenagers run away from the Police on the night of Kellon Hill's murder.

Quinton Burch was on patrol at the Coral Beach and Tennis Club in the early hours of August 10, 2008, when he confronted the teenagers with another employee.

After leaving the grounds, they started walking along South Road but then ran into a neighbouring estate after spotting a Police car, Supreme Court heard.

Mr. Burch gave evidence yesterday at the trial of Kellan Lewis for the murder of Mr. Hill and possession of a knife on August 9, 2008.

Mr. Hill, 18, died from a stab wound to the heart after trying to retrieve a gold chain which Lewis allegedly snatched from around his neck.

The incident took place in Tribe Road 4B, the public access road to Elbow Beach, as Mr. Hill was leaving a party at around 11 p.m.

The Crown say he was set upon Lewis, 18, Gary Hollis, 16, Zharrin Simmons, a 17-year-old girl, Devon Hairston, 18, and Kevin Warner, 19.

He was attacked with a cane, motorcycle helmets and a knife. The Crown say he was also stabbed with a screwdriver, but the post-mortem showed the fatal wound was inflicted with a knife.

Yesterday the court heard evidence from Mr. Burch who confronted a group of teenagers on the Coral Beach property, adjacent to Elbow Beach, at around 12.30 a.m.

Mr. Burch and Everton Webson drove down to the entrance in a golf cart and heard movement in the trees. "It was hard to see anything but we could hear rustling inside the trees, like people running," he said.

As he turned off the cart ignition he saw someone run past him out of the bushes and out of the main entrance, heading right along South Road.

Although Mr. Burch did not see their face, the person held their hands clasped in front of their body, as if "holding onto something".

Then, as he and Mr. Webson walked into the trees they saw four teenagers.

"They were lying down, trying to be low-key," he said. "I remember two of them lying very close together. That's when we said, 'Look you guys, just leave the property', and they came out."

He said two of the group were "lying side by side", one wearing jeans and a white T-shirt.

Mr. Burch and Mr. Webson were unaware of the incident at Elbow Beach at the time and lent the group their flashlights so they could look for something in the trees.

After a few minutes they re-emerged and then walked out of the main gate. As they did so, Mr. Burch heard someone shout, "Hey I'm over here".

"They started to walk across the road on South Road. Shortly after that the Police came from the opposite direction, coming from the west, and when that happened they stopped, turned and ran into the Stovell Estate," he said.

"They were heading west but stopped and went back east to get to the Stovell Estate. The Police, who had them in their sights, drove into the estate. There's a big grassy bank and they covered that bank searching for them."

After reviewing his Police statement from August 12, 2008, Mr. Burch admitted that one of the teenagers lying down could have been female.

"When you lie in a spooning position, that's how they were in the trees," he said.

"Cuddling up to each other?," asked judge Chief Justice Richard Ground QC.

"Right," Mr. Burch replied.

The court also heard evidence from taxi driver Neville Smith, who picked up seven teenagers from Paget in the early hours of August 10.

Mr. Smith picked up a young man from Tribe Road No. 5 by the Stovell Estate, but was then forced to change direction several times. He picked up a girl and a boy near the Surf Side Beach Club, and another four boys from Ord Road, near Paget Primary School.

Mr. Smith said he eventually dropped all the occupants off at Patience Lane, Sandys.

The Crown say the six teenage boys, Lewis, Gary Hollis, Devon Hairston, Kevin Warner, Jamiko Benjamin and Denario Tacklyn, then spent the night at Lewis' house in White Hill.

In the morning the Police arrested them on suspicion of involvement in Mr. Hill's death.

Detective Constable Warren Bundy told the jury he arrested Lewis at around 5.30 a.m. Seizing Lewis' jeans as potential evidence, Det Con Bundy asked why they were wet, to which he replied, "From the rain".

He then asked, "How come there is sand all over these jeans?". Lewis said, "I don't know."

The trial continues.